Seaplane in Charlotte Amalie Harbour, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Crew pumping float bilges On 12 th March, Sally and I in Kadash departed Charlotte Amalie, the main port of St Thomas, one of the US Virgin Islands. Charlotte Amalie harbour, dominated as it is by large cruise ships and a marina for superyachts laying over in the absence of charter parties or their owners, is surprisingly pleasant and well sheltered. We hadn’t seen a seaplane since we were in the South

KADASH at Anse a la Barque, Guadeloupe We left Grenada about a month ago, and have been slowly working our way north, through the Windward Islands. The trip has been largely uneventful, though our attempt to leave Grenada was frustrated when the engine didn’t start – eventually traced to a defective solenoid – and the autopilot stopped working on the passage between Carriacou and Bequia. With expert advice from Cruising Association members, I soon isolated the faulty contro